Project Management: A Definition                                                                

• Picture of a well defined project

• Project management success criteria

• Project management characteristics

• Project tasks and path they follow

The Elements Of Project Management                                                 

•   Project planning - scheduling - controlling

Project Objective - Criteria                                                                                   

• Guidelines to help define project objectives

Preparing For The Project Plan                                                                

• Phase Approach and Action Steps chart

• Project Tools and Concepts chart

The Work Breakdown Structure                                                                    

• An overview

• To create and / or conduct a WBS process

• The WBS example

• The Project Planning and Tracking Worksheet

Resource Matrix       

Developing Estimates                                                           

Network Development                                                                          

• The logic diagram

• Defining work dependencies

• Overlapping tasks

• Calculating early start, early finish

• Developing the late start and late finish (critical path)

• Project float

• Gantt chart schedules and reports

The Project Budget                                                                                    

• Cost spreadsheets

• Activity cost worksheet form

Risk and Contingency Planning Steps                                                             

• Role Of The Project Leader                                                 

• Responsibility and accountability

• Eight key attributes for project managers

• Turning negative into positive

Project Leaders Control Book                                                       

Conflict and Resolution 

Before Trying To Communicate                                                             

• Barriers to communication

• Active listening